Chapter 164: 165 Confidence

"Within three days since the quest was issued, only 25 silver-rank and 2 gold-rank personnel have confirmed participation, with no diamond-rank personnel."

Listening to Mirabelle’s report, Fal frowned.

It was not unexpected that there were no diamond-rank adventurers; recently, major cities had issued quests to capture demon spies, with generous rewards.

For diamond-rankers, dealing with spies who were at most gold-rank carried no risk at all; the only thing to consider was how to find them.

It was normal that no diamond-rankers signed up; even Aiding was found by him through a special commission.

But 25 silver-rank and 2 gold-rank were much lower than he had expected; one had to know that this quest offered a high bounty.

"So few people, what’s the reason?" Fal’s voice showed no emotion.

"According to side inquiries and the idle chatter of some applicants," Mirabelle deliberated, "the general feedback is that the history of heavy casualties makes people fearful. And many adventurers believe that the target’s current actual danger is questionable, and even... even some people feel that the existence of Turret Puji is beneficial, and do not agree with the crusade behavior."

"Understood," Fal nodded, "that’s it; gather the personnel according to the plan and prepare to set off."

Although the number of participating adventurers was unexpectedly small, this did not affect Fal’s plan.

In fact, even without adventurers, he would still act.

The essence of issuing this quest was to tell the adventurers that the guild was going to take action, and those who didn't want to be affected could choose to avoid it recently.

In fact, if Aiding’s illusion insects hadn't been discovered, Fal would certainly have chosen to push forward at the first opportunity to find the Turret Puji King.

But since they had been discovered, and he knew that the Turret Puji had not low intelligence.

It would take at least half a day to get to the fifth floor, and the Turret Puji King would have run away long ago if it wanted to.

So this matter was not urgent after all.

Fal was even prepared for the possibility of not finding the Turret Puji King this time.

At the dungeon entrance.

Behind the array formed by forty church warriors followed adventurers holding bows, crossbows, and staves.

Aiding and Fifteen followed at the end of the team.

Besides the team executing the quest, many adventurers had gathered nearby to watch the excitement.

Priest Noah even waved to the ranger Aimei in the team.

Solarin saw that the personnel were all present and commanded: "Set off!"

Fal, as the guild leader, naturally wouldn't enter the dungeon.

Since he wasn't going, that personal maid Lillian, who was like a shadow, naturally wouldn't leave his side.

In this way, the true high-end combat power that could be relied upon for this deep dive into the dungeon was left with only Fifteen and Aiding, among whom Aiding was still an auxiliary illusionist.

However, Fal had little worry in his heart.

On one hand, the temple warriors dispatched by the church were well-trained and especially good at fighting in formation.

When their holy emblem shield walls closed, the power they could erupt was far from what an ordinary adventurer team could compare to.

And on the other hand, in Fal’s view, for the high-end combat power acting as the sharp knife on this trip, Fifteen alone was enough.

After all, he was someone who had truly walked out of the blood and rain of the border, a presence worthy of being crowned a "hero."

The incoming team was noticed by Lin Jun at the first moment.

He had thought one or two diamond-rank groups would come, but as a result—

A bunch of gold and silver ranks from the church?

He didn't take them seriously at all.

As for the adventurers following behind, that went without saying.

Lin Jun hadn't expected that the illusionist would actually come down in person this time; he carefully flipped through the panel, and judging from the skills, he was indeed a sleazy guy.

Now Lin Jun wasn't considering whether he could win or not, but to what extent he should fight so that the elders wouldn't come after the small ones were hit. After all, this was an official team and couldn't be dealt with casually like ordinary adventurers.

This relaxed and happy mood lasted until he pulled up the panel of the last person.

【Name: Fifteen】

【Race: Human】

【Level: 61】

【Skills: Sword Mastery lv10, Dual-Wielding Mastery lv10, Wandering Step lv9, Parry lv8, Stomp lv8, Wind Pressure Slash lv8, Earth-Shrinking lv7, Qi Sense lv7...】

【Title: Demon Slayer, Army Breaker (attributes increase when charging)】

Hiss—!

Was this the confidence of that new guild leader?

Level 61 was higher than Xiao Hei!

And this row of skills looked like they were all complementary; he didn't know how much higher this was than Xiao Hei’s wild fighting style.

Compared to him, Xiao Hei only had slightly higher attributes.

No wonder he dared to come down like this!

After thinking about it, Lin Jun sent Xiao Hei to the Deep Zone as well; he didn't call Piggy and Norris up either.

He felt that in such an occasion, whether a dragon-man or a vampire ran out, it would only make things more complicated.

And if Xiao Hei lost the fight, it would be even worse.

The attack against the Turret Puji should still be left to the Turret Puji to solve; if they couldn't win, the worst case was just playing hide-and-seek. Could they burn down the entire dungeon?

The raiding team of dozens of people was a bit too much for the size of the dungeon passages, so the team was stretched into a long line.

Since they were here to find trouble, Lin Jun naturally wouldn't let them come down to the fifth floor so easily.

At a corner on the first floor, two Turret Puji rushed toward the center of the team.

Adventurers had spotted them from afar, bending their bows and setting arrows, not intending to give the Turret Puji a chance to get close at all.

However, when the arrows were shot, the two Turret Puji jumped at the same time, dodging the arrows and crashing toward the team.

【Holy Barrier lv5】

In a hurry, two church warriors stood out with shields and cast this skill simultaneously.

With defensive capabilities similar to a magic light screen, the two skills cast simultaneously not only didn't interfere with each other but merged into a more solid illusory shield wall, successfully blocking the aftermath of the two Turret Puji’s self-detonation outside the team.

However, this small-scale harassment didn't end after one time; at every corner, at every intersection, Turret Puji would appear.

Some rushed up wanting to self-detonate, some fired magic cannons from afar; the threat wasn't great, but it was very annoying, and they couldn't not kill them—if they didn't kill them, they would follow you all the way and attack...

Three Cannon Turret Puji appeared behind the team, their mushroom cannons aiming forward.

Fifteen just drew a straight sword and swung backward without even turning his head; the three Turret Puji, separated by more than ten meters, were all cut in half in unison.

After the sword energy cut the Turret Puji, it also left a deep sword mark on the ground.

The convenience of 【Wind Pressure Slash】 opened Aiding’s eyes, but he still furrowed his brow.

Most of the harassment from these Turret Puji was quickly resolved by the raiding team, but the team’s speed was greatly delayed as a result.

The first floor, which could originally be walked through in two hours, was dragged out for a full half-day this time.

Although there were no casualties, their energy was clearly consumed quite a bit.

Was this also intentional by the Turret Puji?

This situation didn't improve until the team went down to the second floor.

The environment of the second floor was a forest; although Turret Puji kept popping up, the team wasn't restricted by the narrow corridors like on the first floor.

Everyone could take turns defending the perimeter, but the speed was still not fast.

The reason was that the front row needed to check for landmine Turret Puji...

Considering that such monsters had already appeared on the fifth floor, and the environment of rotting leaves piled on the soil of the second floor was extremely conducive to hiding, although landmine Turret Puji had never been found on the second floor before, Aiding still suggested that the team proceed with caution.

Fortunately, the journey was safe.

Just when Aiding thought he was overthinking, three fat-house Turret Puji, who didn't know how long they had been hanging on the tree canopy more than fifty meters high, jumped down and plummeted toward the team below!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 166 =====