Friends who often kill people know.
Dressed in a hood and mask, combined with hurried steps and a wandering look, passersby would imdiately label you as "suspicious." Even the carefree elves would doubt you.
After being rejected by the fourth team, Jed and Spa had to remove their hoods and masks, revealing two... ordinary passerby faces.
One had brown hair and the other blonde; their appearances were so common that they would blend in with a crowd unnoticed.
They were practically born to be great assassins.
But their profession was not adventurers, but——
"We are adventurers traveling around. Please let us join your team?" Jed said with a smile to rca in front of him.
"Want to join the team? Sure, but sign this first." She handed over a support docunt titled "I fully endorse Vienma’s great magic theory."
After signing, rca said, "First ti in the dungeon? Take this signal flare. Once you arrive at Lake Lienia, you will be randomly teleported. Rember to launch the signal flare, and I will co to find you."
After that, she muttered to herself, "Why do I always have to take on these newbie tasks," while dragging others to sign the support docunt, leaving Jed and Spa standing there.
"Adventurers here are quite enthusiastic, they really helped us a lot." Jed cheerfully waved the signal flare, "Just for a signature, I haven’t done such a cheap deal before. They are truly kind."
"Such ntality won’t survive on the battlefield." Spa said expressionlessly, "If we need to test, do it quickly. The Sword Saint might depart at any ti. We don’t have ti to waste."
"Don’t worry, I know what to do. Besides, this dungeon is where our Captain Golka was taken down. Aren’t you curious why? Don’t you want to see the storm dragon and armor from the footage?"
"Not at all, I just want to complete the task the captain gave us."
Indeed, their true identities were rcenaries, mbers of the Light Eagle Group.
And this ti their mission was related to the Sword Saint, but they weren’t ant to fight him, just to transport sothing.
Jed rolled up his left sleeve. A gleaming armlet hung with a decorated gemstone, clearly not a common item.
He fondly caressed the gemstone, nostalgically murmuring:
"The divine artifact once wielded by the hero who defeated the Demon King, even after countless years and degradation, is still far superior to any craftsman’s forged weapons. I really hate to part with it..."
Spa glanced at him, about to say sothing, when rca approached with a group of people and said, "Alright, everyone is here. Let’s depart."
rca’s service was to help newcors quickly reach the Academy Gate Town, so they had to take the magic classroom route. Including Jed and Spa, there were exactly ten people.
The only difficulty on this route was finding the transfer token and dealing with the gate-keeping Calia Knight. The token wasn’t a problem; rca quickly led them to the hidden door, encountering only two waves of doll soldiers. The newcors didn’t even have a chance to act; the monsters were swiftly dealt with by rca.
Jed evaluated her combat skills as decent, but doll soldiers were too weak. How could slow-moving puppets be a threat?
He hadn’t seen the doll soldiers rampage, all because rca killed them too quickly.
And in front of the seal guarded by the Calia Knight Mugram, rca did sothing that made everyone gape.
"You, go over there and let him kill you." She picked a rookie adventurer and shoved him forward, speaking quite skillfully, as if she had done this many tis.
What is this devilish demand!?
Jed and Spa exchanged a glance, suddenly thinking they should reconsider their previous evaluation of rca——"kind."
Sending soone to their death without a flinch... such guts!
"Why?" The pushed adventurer exclaid indignantly.
"Because I can’t beat him, and once he kills soone, he will leave, replaced by a weaker Calia Knight. Only then can I lead you in. Understand?" rca patted his shoulder, saying, "You’ll be compensated, either gold coins or private lessons from Vienma, your choice."
The adventurer showed a hesitant expression. Jed was eager to step forward but was held back by Spa.
"You want to reveal the armlet’s power in front of everyone?" Spa asked with a stern face.
Jed did intend to do so, but Spa held him firmly. During their struggle, the adventurer had already stepped forward and was instantly executed by Mugram.
"Tch."
Jed looked disappointed; he had a feeling that Mugram was extrely strong, perfect for testing the armlet’s power, but now his chance was ruined.
Next ca rca’s one-on-one ti with the Calia Knight. She laid out magic traps, wiped fire grease, gulped down two bottles of battle potions, and fought evenly with the Calia Knight under everyone’s gaze, and then...
"So why are only the two of us left alive?"
Jed stared at the dissipating corpses of adventurers on the ground, glanced at the approaching Calia Knight, and then at Spa.
Spa smirked, "How would I know? You wanted to test, right? Here’s your chance."
They had thought they would surely win seeing the elf’s confident deanor, but how did the Calia Knight single-handedly annihilate the newcors and wipe them out?
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