Orario, a certain area.
The artificial labyrinth, Knossos, was initiated by a certain genius mad adventurer, Daedalus, and later built with the assistance of his descendants.
In a certain independent base within it.
A group of adventurers is gathered here, discussing something.
What's strange is that, besides these adventurers, there are a large number of cages placed in this base.
From time to time, roars come from the cages, sending chills down one's spine.
"Gran! Is this how you completed the task I assigned you?"
Above one of the many cages, a man wearing a brown jacket, gray trousers, and goggles over his eyes, holding a long spear, questioned a bald, muscular man below.
"Sorry, Dix. But, that's Alfia-sama's Familia. For the sake of the team's safety, I think it's better to give up on that dragon girl."
Gran said awkwardly, looking up at Dix on the cage.
"That's right, Dix. A dragon girl is not more important than our lives, is she? Or are you confident in defeating that guy known as the 'monster of genius' by the gods?"
"We only sell special monsters to make money, not to do work with ten deaths and no life."
The adventurers around Gran spoke one after another.
In their opinion, opposing the Hestia Familia and Alfia was tantamount to ten deaths and no life.
After all,
that was a legendary figure who crushed Heding, the 'Black and White Knight' of the Freya Familia, with one blow and participated in various legendary battles.
They would never be a match!
"Bastard! Do you know how rare that dragon girl is? How much money I could make by selling her?"
Clang.
Standing up abruptly from the cage, the end of the spear in his hand collided with the iron skin of the cage, making a harsh sound.
Dix swept his subordinates with an displeased expression and said.
"Then... why don't you go defeat Alfia-sama?" Gran raised his head and said tentatively.
Dix: "......"
Defeat that legendary adventurer?
Don't be ridiculous.
Not to mention Alfia, he couldn't even beat Heding, who was instantly killed by Alfia.
How could he possibly fight Alfia.
"Can't you use your pig-like brains to capture the dragon girl while avoiding being discovered by Alfia!" Dix began to rant at his subordinates.
Anyway, he would never admit that he was afraid of Alfia.
Moreover, he still wanted to earn that money.
"But, the Hestia Familia is currently conducting a joint expedition. If we had acted at that time, we might have attracted their attention..." Gran explained again.
The sound of battle could be loud or soft.
They weren't sure if they could take down the other two without making a big commotion.
What's more,
they didn't even know if the other party had a distress signal.
If a distress signal was sent out and Alfia happened to be nearby.
Gran could completely imagine what the final outcome of their team would be.
Nothing more than total annihilation.
Besides that, there would be no second ending.
After all, that was Alfia!
"Forget it! Let's end this matter here! We won't do the dragon girl deal for the time being. However... to make up for the losses caused by the dragon girl, we need to hunt more Xenos."
In the end, Dix didn't mention continuing to pursue the dragon girl.
Just like Gran said.
Facing Alfia, he, or even the entire team, would definitely face ten deaths and no life.
Whether or not to do this deal was actually determined after Dix heard Gran's explanation.
The reason why he scolded Gran and the others was more to vent his cowardice and fear of the strong.
"Dix, didn't we just catch a Siren here? I heard that the Siren's voice can travel very far. Using her voice as bait, we can definitely harvest more Xenos to make up for the losses," Gran suggested.
"You... have you grown a brain?" Dix was very surprised, looking down at Gran, who had a bald head and a body full of muscles.
Was this still his subordinate, whose brain was full of muscles?
Could it be said that Alfia's deterrence could also make people grow brains?
"I'm just making money while avoiding danger," Gran said with a dark face.
What do you mean by growing a brain?
He, Gran, had always been very smart!
If he hadn't seen through the identities of the two adventurers earlier, their team would have been in danger long ago.
"Okay, do as you said," Dix nodded.
Compared to bumping around like headless flies, Gran's method was relatively more useful.
However......
Dix still felt sorry for that dragon girl.
Because,
that was really a huge sum of money......
At the same time.
Just when Dix was preparing to set a trap for the Xenos.
Nineteenth floor of the dungeon.
The temporary residence of the Xenos.
It has already fallen into a sea of joy at this moment.
"Really, really, can you really let us appear on the surface openly!!?" Holding the wine glass and gulping down a few mouthfuls, Lyd excitedly hugged Lu Yuan and said.
"Unexpectedly, Master Lu Yuan actually has such courage! Even the Guild would never be willing to let us appear in the public eye in the name of [Momotaro Rice Ball]," Rey said, looking at Lu Yuan with an admiring look.
She knew about Momotaro Rice Ball.
Because the Guild had sent them to look for it before.
But they didn't find it in the end.
"Damn it! I've already changed my appearance, why do you still hate me as before!"
Gulu, dong.
Slapping the wine glass on the stone table, Fiel shouted loudly.
She was drunk.
But it's not her fault.
In order to clear up the misunderstanding, Lu Yuan threw out all of Fiel's embarrassing things and hobbies that he had experienced five years ago.
It can be said that Fiel, a harpy girl who always looked very quiet, made a big embarrassment.
She can only temporarily numb herself with alcohol.
"Don't worry, with the current strength of the Hestia Familia, it is easy to stand up for you," Lu Yuan said casually.
The reason why the Guild where Ouranos is located is unwilling to help the Xenos stand in the sun is, in the final analysis, because they are too weak.
Plus.
The existence of the Guild is more of a function to balance the friction of various Familia forces and avoid causing unavoidable losses to Orario.
Similar to the relationship between the United Nations and many countries.
Therefore, Lu Yuan can fully understand the Guild's failure to help in this regard.
"However, let me say first, with the premise of taking you to live on the ground in a fair and upright manner, you need to accept the 996 work system......"
