Final Trial of Mankind

"Well, the woman seemed to say that immediately after seeing Ais's magic (wind), and then chased her fiercely."

It's almost as if you've found what you're looking for - added Riveria.

Hearing that the woman reacted to Aisi's [Wind Spirit Rush] and said the term "Arya", Loki and Finn were all silent.

——Is Ais also one of the enemy's targets?

The same suspicion emerged from the thinking of Finn and others.

"...I don't think anyone other than us knows about Ais's life experience."

"But if that's the case, how would the other party know the name of Aisi's mother?"

Grace frowned, indicating that only the four people present could know about that incident. Finn squinted at him talking to Riveria, and then looked at Loki.

"Loki, does anyone among the gods know what's going on with Ais?"

"...Probably only Uranus noticed again."

Hearing this sentence, Finn and the others looked at the main god with cold eyes. In their eyes, there was a meaning of "the guild is the most suspicious after all this time".

"Wait, wait." The sweaty Loki raised his hands, interrupting the children's disbelief.

Everyone decided to put aside the question of whether the guild could be suspicious for the time being.

"However, she called Ace "Arya"...how could she be mistaken for her mother? This makes me very concerned."

The leader (Finn) speculates that maybe the female animal trainer is not very clear about the current situation of the girl (Ais).

Others also found it reasonable and took this opinion into consideration.

"...Assuming the enemy knows Ais's true identity, what is their purpose?"

Riveria slightly parted her lips and asked a question.

No one could answer her.What they got was all sporadic information, and they couldn't connect the two points into a line. In addition, this matter related to the privacy of their companion (Aisi), so they couldn't jump to conclusions in a hurry.

There was silence among the four of them.

"There's one more thing that bothers me," Finn said suddenly. "That female animal trainer doesn't seem to know who we are."

"What do you mean?"

Asked by Grace, Finn shifted his gaze to Riveria.

"Do you still remember, Mu Chen said that the other party didn't even know Ai Si, and she recognized Ai Si's mother's name through the magic of [Wind Spirit Rush], you know, Ai Si's name is in Ola Li is very famous."

Moreover, the other party also said a word.

——"The first level...Lv.5, no, it's 6."

Such a sentence appeared in Mu Chen's report.

It sounds like she just determined that Mu Chen's combat power is Lv. 6 through fighting. Conversely, this means that she had no idea about Mu Chen's strength and related information before.

She didn't know anything about the first-level adventurers in the famous city.

"Oh—that's what it means. Our [Family Family] can be regarded as famous, and it is famous all over the world. Let alone Mu Chen, a newcomer who has not yet shown his strength, Finn and you guys First-level adventurers should be well-known."

"Yeah, I'm not bragging. Whether it's a city resident or a person outside the city, it's unlikely that they haven't heard about us." Finn nodded in response to Loki's statement.

Information about the Labyrinth City (Olalie), praised by the world as the "center of the world", has always been the focus of attention from all over the world.

Such a famous first-level adventurer with the strongest combat power that Olalie is proud of, and also the top status in the city of King's Landing - the highest level other than "Ding Tian" - Lv.6, its Fame is known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

[Braver] Finn Dimna, and [Nine Hell] Riveria Rios Alf, as an adventurer, it is impossible not to have mastered the knowledge of these two well-known characters. intelligence.

Even if you want to say that you are not interested in worldly affairs, it is not justified.

"Being able to tame a lot of monsters and lacking general knowledge...it's like..."

When Finn spoke up to this point, he suddenly stopped.

"Simply, like what?"

"...No, nothing, just forget about it."

Riveria urges Finn to go on, and he just shakes his head.

Finn seemed to find his delusion ridiculous and dismissed the idea.

He let out a breath and sat back in the chair deeply.

"...Whether it's about this matter or what happened to Loki in the underground waterway, you can't even see the silhouette of the enemy."

"That's right."

Grace squeaked the chair, and Finn nodded in agreement.

"Hmm..." Loki also scratched his thin chin with his fingers.

Conversation in the room is momentarily interrupted.

"...I want to ask Aisie what she said." After a while, Finn murmured so, he opened the desk drawer and took out a handbell.

The bell was tied with gorgeous ribbons, and the handle was bright red. Finn held the bell in his right hand and shook it slightly.I only heard the ringing of the paging bell... In less than a second, the sound of running "dong dong dong dong" shook the entire headquarters, coming towards the office, and then the door opened with a "bang".

"-Did you call me, Captain!?" Tione appeared at the door with a bright expression.

Using the paging bell she gave herself—forced to herself—to call me, Finn gave instructions lightly.

"Can I trouble you to find Aisi? I hope you ask Refia and the others to help and bring Aisi here."

"I will handle it!!"

Tione happily agreed, but disappeared in a blink of an eye, and Riveria closed the door that was left open without saying a word.

Seeing this paging bell that can summon a female warrior (Amazon) at any time by shaking it, "This is really convenient..." Grace whispered, "It's okay." Finn smiled dryly.

"Well——then I have nothing to do before Ais comes here, so let's talk about the next one, "Expedition"."

Loki said "Hey" and got down from the desk.

The next "expedition" - [Loki Familia]'s exploration of the "deep" unreached floors of the dungeon will be carried out in eleven days, and there are less than two weeks left.

Finn and the others had no objection to the main god's proposal and expressed their approval.

"Have you settled with the goddess Hephaestus, Loki?"

"Oh—you mean that you want to take the blacksmith (smith) with you, it's all settled, although the condition is to give them the "deep" weapon materials (drop items), anyway, Feifei has already agreed. "

When making detailed adjustments and confirmations of the scheduled itinerary, Finn asked a question, and Loki made a circle with his fingers, indicating that everything was fine.

The last "expedition" was attacked by the corrosive liquid of larval monsters, and all the equipment and backups were melted. After defeating the enemies, they were seriously lacking in weapons and could not continue to explore. With the experience of being forced to retreat last time, Finn Eun hoped to let a blacksmith who can repair weapons accompany him this time, so he asked Loki to entrust other [Familiars] to provide assistance.

Finn's target is a large forging faction, 【Hephaestus Familia】.

Not to mention the forging technology of this family, there are also many high-level blacksmiths (highsmiths) whose combat ability is higher than that of ordinary high-level adventurers.Finn judged that even if the members of the [Hephaestus Familia] encountered an accident in the "deep level", they would not hinder them, so he designated this faction.

"As long as the blacksmith repairs the weapon, you can always fight with the same primary weapon... without having to prepare a backup."

"Yeah, the space saved in the luggage can be used to carry the "Magic Sword", Grace, how is it going?"

"Oh, everything is ready. I ran all over the city's weapon stores and got about thirty guns. All of them are of the highest quality. I'm going to pick them up today."

The "Magic Sword" is used to avoid contact with the body fluids of the larval type that would destroy the weapon-the means against direct attack.

They plan to use special weapons to instantly launch a shelling effect equivalent to magic, and attack from a distance. Although they are not sure whether they will encounter the larva-type group again, they still have to be prepared to prevent the worst situation.

These "magic swords" will be equipped by lower-level members and will be mainly responsible for defending strongholds (camps).

"The other thing is Mu Chen's newly revealed treasury. Regardless of the high-quality weapons in it, he still has a lot of space to store supplies for us, so that we can prepare as much supplies as possible when we enter the dungeon. Some."

"Well, this can be considered, and we can discuss it with Mu Chen later to see if he can take out those weapons and lend them to us."

"Okay, that's the decision. The next thing is... the main combat forces except Riveria and Aisi must prepare weapons with the "Indestructible attribute (Durandal)"."

In the last "expedition", only Aisi's Indestructible Sword (Sword of Despair) can continue to resist the corrosive liquid that melts the weapon, and can effectively attack the enemy.

Finn said that first-level adventurers other than Sorcerer Riveria should be equipped with special weapons (superiors) similar to her weapons.

This is also a countermeasure against the new species (monsters), and he concluded that it is impossible to enter the unreached floor unless the larval type is resolved.

"The "Magic Sword" and everyone's special armaments... Haha, although I expected it a long time ago, this is really a waste of money—"

Needless to say, "Magic Sword", special weapons with "indestructible attributes" are frighteningly expensive.

Although Riveria and Ais are excluded, all the profits from the last "expedition" will definitely disappear if only the five people, Finn, Grace, Burt, Tiona, and Tione are armed. , Not only that, but even the [Family] assets accumulated so far will be used close to the bottom line.

You know, the last time they went to the dungeon to play, they harvested nearly 8000 million funds. If they were put into the funds needed this time, they would basically not be able to make any waves. The funds needed for this "expedition" are really too big. Horror.

"I'm sorry, Loki."

"I left everything to my family (Finn), so you just let it go... Besides, if I like to gamble, I have to gamble all of it."

Loki happily told him that high risk high return is the fun of exploration [families], and it is also the routine of "expedition". She handed over all the dungeon-related commanders to Finn and laughed answer him.

"However... In this way, the movements of the female animal trainer are very interesting." During the discussion, Riveria suddenly said this.

If the female animal trainer is indeed interested in Ai Si, she may react this time.

It would be unbearable to be attacked by an army of piranhas led by a female animal trainer on the way of the "expedition"—she implied that she was worried about this.

"Hmm... Indeed, it might be a way to temporarily cancel this "expedition"."

"It's time to stop, Burt or Tiona may cause trouble..."

What's more, Ace has just upgraded, they must not sit still, Grace said with a sigh after Finn.

"Let's go on an expedition, maybe we can get some clues about the colored 'Magic Stone'."

"Um..."

"In short, according to the current plan, let's continue to make preparations."

Although it is not sure which floor the piranha will appear on, but the larval monster must be based on the 50th floor.

Finn advocated that in order to collect information, it is necessary to conduct an "expedition" decisively, and Riveria also nodded to express her understanding.

And then just as the conversation came to an end, someone knocked on the door.

"Captain, I'm Tione, can I bother you?"

"Oh, it seems to be here." Finn replied "Please come in" to the voice coming from the door.

The double doors of the office were opened, and as expected, there were Tione, Tiona, and Refia.

However, Aisi, whom Finn asked them to bring over, was nowhere to be seen.