Comprehensive Manga: The Master is not here today

"Ahem! Ahem...!"

Kabul suddenly started coughing violently. He woke up suddenly and stood up from the ground. He looked at his companions lying on the ground in front of him with a blank expression. His mind was still a little confused and he didn't understand what happened.

"alright!"

At this time, Kabul heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice, and turned his head to look. After discovering the figures of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu holding staffs, he couldn't help but be stunned again.

Are they...?

Why are they here?

Seeing Kabul wake up, Fujimaru Ritsuka continued to use recovery magic on his companions. At the same time, Mashu asked Kabul with concern:

"Mr. Cable, do you remember what happened to you?"

"us……"

Kabul unconsciously held his head and fell into memories.

After struggling through the third underground floor, they finally broke through the last exploration progress and reached the fourth underground floor.

Not long after they arrived at the fourth underground floor, after winning an encounter with a small group of zombies, they were very lucky to find a treasure chest in the arms of a zombie. When they opened it, they found that it was really filled with gold and silver treasures!

So they planned to stop here for the time being and prepare to return to the ground with the treasure, and then the memory suddenly jumped to the present.

They were annihilated for unknown reasons, and then were met and rescued by Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu.

"Are we being destroyed by the regiment...?"

Lin Xia and other companions who had just woken up were also very confused, but at this moment, the dwarf Daiya subconsciously touched her neck, then woke up instantly and shouted in a panic:

"My necklace is missing!"

"?!"×5

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of several others, including Kabul, also changed instantly, and they quickly started groping around themselves.

"My gold coins are gone too!"

"And my gem too...!"

Everyone's expressions became ugly, but what was a bit strange was that only the treasure they found in the treasure box was missing, and the money they had on them was not lost at all.

Kabul maintained a calm expression and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others:

"We lost something, did you notice anything?"

"Um……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu looked at each other, then shook their heads and said:

"We didn't notice anything special. But speaking of which, you were all placed neatly against the wall. This situation must be man-made, right?"

"Um……"

Kabul lowered his head and pondered. Although the island owner stipulated that adventurers were not allowed to fight, many adventurers were blood-thirsty people. It was a normal phenomenon to kill and steal for the sake of treasure.

As for whether the two people in front of me directed and acted...

That was the first option he ruled out.

After all, they had already speculated that their family should be quite wealthy. Even if the treasure they found was a large sum of money, it would not be worth it for them.

In comparison, he was more concerned about how the two of them got here. And judging from their state, they even seemed to be doing well.

It is difficult to reach all the way here just by relying on strong strength.

Because solving different monsters often requires the use of different methods, which not only requires strong strength, but also rich experience or knowledge, as well as diversified attack methods, and the ability to identify traps along the way, as well as various difficulties. Unforeseen circumstances...

Precisely because there are so many difficulties and one person's power is limited, it is necessary to rely on the power of a group to form a team of adventurers who trust and support each other.

Therefore, the appearance of Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu here made him feel a little unbelievable.

However, compared to exploring the secrets of the two people, their treasure is more important at the moment. At this moment, Lin Xia suddenly made a new discovery——

"hair……?"

She looked at a piece of golden hair tied around her wrist. After observing it carefully for a while, she said to everyone:

"Exorcist magic has been cast on it. It should have been left behind by the last wave of people who came into contact with us."

Not only her, but each of them had such hair on their wrists. The kobold Xiao Hei came to her side and sniffed, and said firmly:

"It's the smell of elves."

Immediately afterwards, he smelled everyone's body one by one, including the nearby ground, and soon made more discoveries——

"Longlings...halflings...dwarves..."

"They seem to have eaten here."

"Hey, want to eat?"

Goblin Holm felt a little unbelievable, and Bellmic cursed:

"Are they not in their right mind?!"

After robbing them of their treasure, you still want to eat next to them?

In any case, it seems that there are clues about the prisoner. A trace of murderous intent flashed in Kabul's eyes, but when he looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka and Mashu, he smiled again and said sincerely:

"Thank you so much for coming to the rescue!"

Saying this, Kabul took off the money bag from his waist and handed it to Fujimaru Ritsuka, hoping that they would accept it.

However, Fujimaru Ritsuka did not accept it, but smiled and said:

"This time, let's think of it as a return gift, Mr. Kabul, for reminding us before."

"……All right."

Kabul was stunned for a moment, then reluctantly took back the money bag, and then smiled:

"It's a pity that we still have things to do now. If possible, when we meet next time, can you at least allow me to treat you to a meal to express my gratitude?"

"certainly,"

Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and smiled:

"If you invite me to dinner, I won't be polite!"

"Then it's settled."

After saying that, Kabul turned to look at his companions, his expression became serious again, and he made a decisive decision:

"We can't let them go like this, we're chasing them!"

"Of course!"×n

Watching them leave aggressively, Mashu smiled at Fujimaru Ritsuka and said:

"Then senior, let's keep going."

"Um……"

However, at this time, Fujimaru Ritsuka's expression was a little awkward. She shyly tapped her fingers and said:

"Look, they all found the treasure chest...so otherwise..."

"Hold on a little longer?"

——

Perhaps Huangtian paid off and after persisting for a long time, he really let them find a treasure chest, but at the same time there was good news and bad news——

Good news, there really are gold coins in the treasure chest;

Bad news, but more treasure bugs.

Treasure bugs are a general term for a series of monsters that mimic gold and silver treasures, such as coin bugs and pearl necklace-shaped pearl centipedes. They are also considered a type of Mimic.

It is mentioned in the "Monster Gourmet Illustrated Book" that treasure insects are also edible monsters, and because of their very pleasing appearance, they are also very popular among the outside world and can be sold for a good price.

However, although the appearance of treasure insects is indeed very pleasing, they always feel that they are not very appetizing as food, so they did not cook them immediately, but first put them into the "Official Treasure".

"Um……"

Fujimaru Ritsuka looked tangled, and finally said reluctantly:

"In short, it can be considered a success in achieving the goal, right?"

So they rested for a night, and on the sixth day of exploring the maze, the two finally started to go deeper into the fifth floor underground.

However, what they didn't expect was that when they came to the courtyard area outside the Golden City, they met an acquaintance again——

Kabul's team was wiped out again for unknown reasons.