adventurers in the sewers

Chapter 98: Let Lu An be a temporary teammate?

"No, I didn't encounter any unusual corpses."

"If I had to name a story, Nora and I once teamed up to kill a flesh slime and pulled out the corpse of a veteran adventurer from its body."

"But the value of that body was only in the eyes of us newcomers. From a professional's perspective, it wasn't anything special."

Louis answered calmly.

He paused, pretending to think, and said, "I remember the corpse's name was Ethan. Aside from that, our experience in the sewers was pretty ordinary."

Erihill stared into Louis's eyes for a few seconds before looking away and said gently, "Is that so? Well, that's a bit of a shame. We've lost an important treasure in the sewers of Blackrock City."

"Captain Louis, if your team discovers anything unusual during your exploration of the sewers, please report it to me immediately. I will reward you handsomely."

Louis nodded, indicating that he would do his best.

Without saying another word, Erihill turned and prepared to leave.

But at that moment, Alwin suddenly said, "Princess Erisil, I think we need to pay more attention to the sewers. If that treasure is still in the sewers of Blackrock City and is discovered by the invading demons, things will become very troublesome."

"Coincidentally, I have a friend who is very good at tracking and investigating, so let him keep an eye on the sewers."

Erihil didn't turn around, but simply said, "It's up to you, Alwin."

"Yes."

Alwin responded, then turned his gaze to Louis and said earnestly, "Captain Louis, I have a favor to ask. I wonder if you could take my friend with you when you go into the sewers to explore?"

"This request can be considered a commission. For each day my friend follows you, I will pay you one gold coin as a reward. How about that?"

Louis asked calmly, "With such a generous reward, there's no reason for me to refuse."

"However—who is Viscount Alwin's friend? If he's not even a professional, we might not be able to protect him in battle."

Alwin smiled and said, "Please rest assured about his strength. After all, he is a level one four-star assassin, so his self-defense ability is quite good."

Before Alwin could finish speaking, a young man with reddish-brown hair, green eyes, and an unremarkable appearance appeared behind Alwin.

The latter pointed to the young man with reddish-brown hair and said, "This is my friend, his name is Ruan."

"Please take good care of him from now on. He may act alone at times, so please don't worry about him. I will still pay the commission fee."

Louis glanced at the man named Ruan and nodded: "I'll take this commission, but how should we contact him each time we're on a mission?"

"I'll be here waiting for you every night after 7 p.m."

Lu An took the initiative to speak, his voice was nothing special, and his tone was neither warm nor cold.

"Okay, it's settled then. If nothing unexpected happens, my teammates and I will also take action around 7 p.m.."

Louis smiled and then looked at Arwin with a somewhat greedy gaze: "Viscount, is there a deposit for this commission?"

This nobleman was indeed very generous; with a wave of his hand, he directly handed Louis X a gold coin.

After the two sides reached an agreement, Louis's team took their leave and went to the Blackrock Legion to submit their mission, taking all the money they earned from the battle merits.

They currently have a total of 13 gold, 90 silver, and 80 copper coins that have not been distributed.

Of the 12 gold medals, Louis and his three teammates shared the gold medals equally, with each person receiving 3 gold medals.

Merry is already a full-fledged professional, and her role in battle is no less important than that of the other team members. It's only right that she gets a quarter of the share.

As for the remaining 1 gold, 90 silver, and 80 bronze, Louis used it as common funds for the team.

When replenishing items like Dina's broken sword, Nora's consumed bone bullets, and grenades, you can simply use the team's shared funds without using your own savings.

"Nora, it might not be safe for you to be alone these days, so why don't you move in with us for now?"

Louis reminded him.

The necromancer nodded slightly: "Then come home with me first, I'll move some experimental equipment that I need."

After helping Nora move her things, the group finally returned home.

"Louis, when we go on our next mission guarding the sewers, do we really want Ruan to come along?"

Dai Na couldn't wait to ask the question she had been holding back all the way.

They had initially only suspected Viscount Alwin, but now he had stopped pretending and made it clear that Ruan was his subordinate.

"Did Alwin send Ruan to our side because he already suspects us and wants Ruan to seize an opportunity to kill us?"

Daina then raised another question that greatly worried her.

Louis was unable to answer either of these questions, and simply shook his head slowly.

If possible, he would certainly like to refuse Viscount Alwin's offer.

But as a greedy adventurer party, it was too suspicious to refuse free money and instead throw it away, so he could only grit his teeth and agree.

And the situation was even more serious than he had imagined.

Judging from the reactions of Arisil and Anridor, these two princesses were clearly also searching for the body of the Fourth Hero.

This is enough to show that they were also one of the masterminds behind the assassination of Hillen.

These three people represent the largest noble power in the Kingdom of Lortheran, while he, the new fourth hero, is merely a powerless and insignificant level one professional.

The gap in strength between the two sides is so vast that it is despairing.

As for the so-called new backer, Nora and Merry's mentor, Ignis?

Leaving aside whether a peak level 3 professional could be of any use in the face of royal authority, Ignis himself is hardly trustworthy.

Even when Mr. Colin wrote to him, he never mentioned that Louis was the Fourth Hero, which is enough to show that Colin did not completely trust this junior brother.

On one side is the elder brother of his newly recognized apprentice, and on the other is the third hero who represents the royal authority. As long as Ignis isn't stupid, he can make a choice immediately.

The situation is fraught with danger.

In the end, Louis could only offer a solution that wasn't really a solution: "During the missions I'm carrying out with Ruan, I will completely disguise myself as a harmless shield guard to lull them into a false sense of security."

"Whether Ruan and his Third Hero Squad are simply using us as guides or have already become suspicious of us, I will strike them with lightning speed if they attack us."

"During this time, I will also do my best to become stronger and improve to the point where I can rival a level one four-star adventurer as quickly as possible."

Upon hearing this, both Dana and Nora nodded solemnly.

After becoming members of the Brave Team, they were already prepared to meet this challenge.

But at that moment, Nora suddenly asked a slightly awkward question.

"By the way, if Louis really is disguised as a shield guard, then the number of monsters we kill in the future won't match up with last night, right?"

"How can this problem be solved?"

Louis paused for a moment, then his gaze fell on the blue-haired girl beside him.

The team's only orthodox swordsman seems to need to shoulder more responsibility.

Dai Na: "—"

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