I am a mage, with an infinite mana bar!

Tail, tail!?

Eli then noticed that Celine had a large, fluffy tail with black spots trailing behind her!

She's actually a beast-human? I wonder what kind of wild beast's bloodline she has...

Lynn subtly distanced herself from Celine.

His feelings were similar to Eli's. After all, since transmigrating, apart from Sirin visiting him at the Iris Inn once, he hadn't really spent much time with his three teammates.

According to the original owner's memories, these three people had known his father for a long time. After his mother passed away early and his father died of illness, the original owner took a letter written by his father and traveled a long distance to Colin Town to find these three people.

In other words, these three are all his elders...

Seeing Lynn lower his head and remain silent, a smile appeared in Celine's eyes. She thought to herself, "This kid is really easy to tease."

She bent down to pick up the spear that was draped over the stool, and said in a languid voice, "Come with me, I'll take you to find those two guys."

The Gambler's Tavern was larger than Lynn had imagined. Sirin led them around the noisy crowd of drinkers and through an inconspicuous little door with a heavy cotton curtain on the right.

The boisterous chatter and toasting instantly transformed into a different atmosphere, with the clattering of dice and the sounds of laughter and cursing mingling together.

This is a small casino.

Dice, cards, roulette... people with engrossed expressions hold chips and crowd around various tables, their pockets full of change completely unguarded.

Just then, a nimble halfling wandered through the crowd. His expression was completely different from that of the addicted gamblers, and his gaze would occasionally fall on their pockets.

Finally, he spotted a middle-aged man whose entire attention was focused on the "rat fighting game" in front of him. As the man stared intently at his own gray rat pouncing on the other rat, he reached into the man's coat pocket.

Snapped.

A hand with bright red nail polish grabbed his wrist with surprising strength.

The halfling's forehead veins bulged, and he turned his head, about to curse, when he saw that charming and amorous face.

"Cirin? Why aren't you drinking your wine? What are you doing here grabbing me?"

Then this short guy, with a face that was somewhere between mature and youthful, and unusually thick eyebrows, saw Lynn and Eli behind Sirin.

A delighted smile immediately appeared on his face. In the blink of an eye, he broke free from Sirin's control and rushed to Lynn's side.

"You've finally recovered? If you hadn't gotten up soon, I'd almost forgotten what you look like!"

He spoke enthusiastically to Lynn, intending to pat his teammate on the shoulder like a tall person, but his height severely limited him, so he had to awkwardly withdraw his hand.

Lynn smiled and nodded. "Liam, long time no see. Did you lose all your money again? Why are you stealing now...?"

Before he could even utter the word "steal," Liam raised his index finger to his lips and gave a sharp "shh" sound.

Then he leaned closer to Lynn and whispered, "Don't mention that word in the casino, or they'll all suspect me!"

As a halfling and a wanderer, if someone loses something in a certain place, he will be the first suspect.

Although he was not innocent.

Lynn didn't want to dwell on the topic, and pointed to Eli, introducing him:

"We have a big job coming up, and this is the client. We'll discuss the details once everyone is here."

He then scanned his surroundings, trying to find a third teammate.

Liam reminded him, "Ulshi isn't here," then pointed behind him, "He's in another room."

"Anything else?" Lynn was speechless. This tavern's business was quite extensive...

After passing through another small door, the experience was completely different; it was unusually quiet inside.

But the air was murky, like a closed smoking room, filled with smoke under the dim yellow light.

"This smells like Raman grass..." Lynn heard Eli mutter softly.

As the beast-woman Sirin walked, she swung her leopard tail. Hearing this, she looked down and teased, "Heh, Miss, you know how to enjoy yourself."

"No, I didn't," Eli hurriedly protested. "I saw them gathering together to smoke at some social events..."

Lynn naturally understood that the social occasions she referred to were all high-end aristocratic gatherings.

It seems that people of all classes have a degenerate side.

But he felt something was off. According to his recollection, his last teammate, Urshi, wasn't a drug addict.

On the contrary, my impression of him was that he was aloof and extremely rational and restrained.

The irritating gases emitted from burning large quantities of Raman grass coalesced into a persistent thick fog.

Fortunately, apart from its pungent smell, this gas is not addictive. On the contrary, the grayish-white powder left after burning can induce strong hallucinations in users.

As far as Lynn knew, even among some sorcerers, it was common to use the illusion of Raman grass as a substitute for meditation practice.

As for the effect, he had no idea.

After passing through layers of mist, the four finally reached the deepest part, where they saw a figure sitting in the corner.

The pale-skinned, deep-set middle-aged man still wore a distorted smile on his face when he saw Lynn and his three companions.

And… Eli blinked. Did she just see that fleeting horn on this person's forehead?

Eli was uneasy, but the mage's excellent memory told her that they were indeed horns, a pair of exaggerated horns that did not belong to any normal creature.

Is this person a demon? Or is he a demon corrupted by a demon?

If it's the former, she would already be trying to escape.

"Don't worry," Lynn noticed Eli's unusual behavior and whispered to her, "Ulsie is human, and a pretty nice one at that."

At this moment, Urshi stood up, seemingly annoyed that they had disturbed him, and said, "Did you come all this way to find me? Is there something important?"

Sirin stepped forward and stroked Urshi's arm with one hand. "What's wrong? Can't I come to see you unless it's something important?"

The halfling Liam coughed a few times, choked by the thick smoke, and said to him, "This place is so decadent. Only you would always like to hang out in a place like this!"

Urshi said expressionlessly, "You two, a lecherous drunkard and a thieving gambler, have the nerve to call this place decadent?"

Liam, thick-skinned as ever, deflected his sarcasm, then turned and pointed at Lynn and Eli, "Have you finished your training recently? Shouldn't we be on a mission soon? Or are you addicted to smoking Raman grass?"

……

Lushu Street, the home that Xilin and her two friends rent.

In the spacious living room, several people sat down around a long table.

Liam brought a plate of steaming food out of the kitchen oven.

"Here it is, my signature dish, 'Dream Dragon Fish Cake'!"

When Lynn's eyes fell on the plate, his face almost turned green.

On a huge, golden-brown, crispy flatbread, a dozen salted fish heads stared up at him with their eyes wide open in death.

Isn't this the "Stargazing" brand from a certain maritime country in his previous life?

Before he could recover from the shock of seeing such terrible food again, Xilin had already grabbed two salted fish heads and started crunching them.

Do all felines love to eat fish?

Lynn stared blankly at Sirin eating, feeling a dull ache in his stomach. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught sight of Ulsey, pale-faced, staring straight at him with a slight twist at the corner of her mouth.

Uh, Ulshi really likes negative emotions; he says they help him with his training...

Does he even enjoy stomach aches?

"Alright, alright," Liam said loudly, taking off his apron. "It's been a long time since our team has been all together like this. I heard that Lynn not only recovered, but also brought us a big favor!"

As he spoke, he looked at Lynn, signaling him to continue the conversation.

Lynn sat up slightly and said calmly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to first introduce our client for this project, Miss Eli Frey!"